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Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Pleasant rises to 857 m in New York. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the west-southwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Cross Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

The story

Mount Pleasant is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York state, USA, northwest of Olivebridge. Cross Mountain is located southwest and Romer Mountain is located north-northwest of Mount Pleasant.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34883220, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
857 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.03426, -74.30820

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Catskills Visitor Center: 2.1 mi
  • Simpson Mini-Park: 3.4 mi
  • Parish Field: 3.5 mi
  • Lester S. Davis Park: 4.8 mi
  • Grant Avery Park: 5.8 mi
Waterfalls
  • Cornell Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Otter Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Winchell's Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Diamond Notch Falls: 10.1 mi
Historic sites: 53
Cliffs: 40
Museums: 31
Beaches: 18
  • Belleayre Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Tongore Park Beach: 14.0 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 18.5 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 18.8 mi
  • Kingston Point Beach: 19.1 mi
Artworks: 17
Gardens: 13
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 16.9 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 18.3 mi
  • Rough Garden: 20.0 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 20.0 mi
  • Ellipse: 20.1 mi
Attractions: 12
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 1.5 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 3.2 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 17.0 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 18.6 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 19.9 mi
Springs: 9
  • Table Mountain Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 7.5 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 7.6 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 9.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Mount Pleasant. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainWSW 239°1,266 m4.7 mi
West Kill MountainN 6°1,186 m9.3 mi
Cornell MountainSW 227°1,174 m3.4 mi
Table MountainSW 224°1,165.86 m7.2 mi
Peekamoose MountainSW 220°1,164.03 m7.3 mi
Wittenberg MountainSW 228°1,152.75 m2.7 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainNNE 20°1,140 m9.4 mi
Panther MountainWNW 289°1,135.08 m4.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2219:5520:37
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:2315:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202229415360656457463626
Precip in4.73.25.14.95.06.05.25.66.26.45.45.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 960741 — Mount Pleasant, Ulster County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357577531

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